FAA Tries to Stop You Tracking Celebrity Private Jets. Here's How

The US Federal Aviation Administration last week enacted a rule, signed into law last year, that lets owners of private jets request that their names and addresses be kept private. According to the FAA, this means ownership information wouldn't be made available on its websites for public viewing. An electronic request form has been made available for owners to use. The new rule appears to be, at least in part, a response to social media accounts that post air travel information about celebrities such as Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. As reported by The Verge, however, that may not thwart those who run tracking sites, who say they rely on other sources of information for their reports, not just FAA records. Not much change? Daniel Findley, associate director at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University, said that the FAA move is not likely to affect people in his field, or other research areas where tracking of flights is done, since oc ... Read full article.